The lucky fan who caught the home run ball was identified by the
Giants as 22-year-old New Yorker Matt Murphy, who was not available for
comment but other fans described the scrum in the stands for the
valuable keepsake.

"It was a mess, bodies on top of bodies, four layers deep for five
minutes," said 52-year-old Mark Peel, who witnessed the mass scramble
for the ball.

"I didn't think anyone was going to come up."

In the midst of all this, baseball and softball are finding fans in very unexpected places.